Retail & E-commerce Security Assessment
Comprehensive security assessment designed specifically for retail and e-commerce organizations, addressing the complex challenges of securing omnichannel retail environments, payment processing systems, customer data, and inventory management. Our specialized assessment helps retailers protect their brand, customer trust, and operational continuity across physical and digital retail channels.
In scope
- E-commerce platform security
- Point-of-sale system assessment
- Online payment security
- Customer data protection review
- Inventory management security
- Supply chain validation
- Omnichannel security integration
- Mobile application security
- In-store technology assessment
- Loyalty program data protection
You receive
- Retail security assessment report
- PCI DSS compliance gap analysis
- Customer data protection framework
- E-commerce security enhancement plan
- Point-of-sale security recommendations
- Omnichannel security strategy
- Third-party integrations review
- Implementation roadmap
Tiers
Choose the depth.
Essential Retail Security Assessment
$38K
Online-led retailers: 1 e-commerce platform and up to 5 store locations. E-commerce platform configuration, online payment flow, customer data protection and third-party integrations reviewed, POS reviewed at 1 representative store, with a PCI DSS gap analysis.
- web apps
- 1
- Sites
- 5
- E-commerce platform security review
- Online payment security and PCI DSS gap analysis
- Customer data protection review
- POS review at 1 representative store
- Third-party integrations review and roadmap
- — Mobile app security review
- — Omnichannel, inventory and supply chain assessment
- — Fraud prevention review
- — Penetration testing of the storefront
Comprehensive Retail Security Program
$70K
Up to 3 e-commerce storefronts, up to 25 store locations and 1 customer mobile app. Adds omnichannel integration, inventory management, loyalty program data, in-store technology (POS sampled at 3 stores) and a fraud prevention control review.
- web apps
- 3
- Sites
- 25
- mobile apps
- 1
- Everything in the online-led tier
- Omnichannel security strategy
- Mobile app security design review
- In-store technology and POS review at 3 sampled stores
- Fraud prevention and loyalty program control review
- — International operations and multi-country data handling
- — Supply chain partner validation
- — Penetration testing of apps or stores
- — Remediation work
Enterprise Retail Security Framework
$110K
Up to 5 storefronts, up to 100 store locations and up to 3 mobile apps, including international operations. Adds supply chain validation, multi-country customer data handling and POS review at 5 sampled stores per region.
- web apps
- 5
- Sites
- 100
- mobile apps
- 3
- Everything in the standard tier
- Supply chain and logistics partner validation
- Multi-country customer data handling review
- Regional store sampling for in-store technology
- Executive briefing and phased implementation roadmap
- — Penetration testing and red teaming
- — Formal PCI validation
- — Managed fraud monitoring
- — Chains above 100 locations (scoped separately)
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What's inside this engagement
Phase by phase.
How a readiness & governance assessment engagement runs, what happens in each phase and what you see. Exact scope, tier and timeline are fixed in your proposal and SOW.
01Scoping & framework selection
The standard or regulation, the systems and the business units in scope are fixed.
You see · Your audit or regulatory driver.
02Evidence collection & interviews
Policies, configurations and records reviewed; control owners interviewed.
You see · Documents and time with control owners.
03Gap analysis
Each requirement mapped to current state: met, partial or missing, with the evidence behind it.
You see · A clear gap register.
04Roadmap & evidence plan
Prioritized remediation with owners, and the evidence an auditor will ask for.
You see · A plan you can execute or hand to us.
Commercials
From first call to final report.
- 01
Scoping call
A practitioner, not a salesperson, walks through targets, constraints and what a good outcome looks like for you.
- 02
Proposal & rules of engagement
A fixed-scope proposal with tier, price and deliverables. Rules of engagement, contacts and out-of-bounds systems are agreed in writing.
- 03
Sign, then start
MSA and SOW are signed electronically and the deposit is paid. Only then does testing begin.
- 04
Execution
Testing runs to the agreed plan. Critical findings are escalated as they are found; you don't wait for the report.
- 05
Report & debrief
An executive summary plus technical findings with evidence, reproduction steps and fixes, walked through with your team.
- 06
Retest
Where the tier includes it, we verify your fixes and reissue the report, so auditors and customers see the issues closed.
Timelines are set per engagement in the SOW.
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